Re: Introspection API

from
[Dave Benson]

Subject:

Re: Introspection API

From:

Dave Benson

Date:

Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:48:16 -0800

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 11:08:16AM -0500, John Ehresman wrote:
> Matthias Clasen wrote:
> >Is using libffi or something similar a problem ?
>
> I think we want to set things up so libffi could be easily used. In
> other words, the information that libffi needs should be easily
> obtainable from the introspection api. I'd also like not to have to
> wrap everything in GValue's if that can be avoided. That said, we need
> to figure out how to package libffi for non-gcc compilers such as MS VC++.
a small c program to generate GValue marshallers from the metadata
seems pretty straightforward. such marshallers should probably
be compiled at the same time as the metadata... i think.
if some language-binding doesn't
like GValue, they could always hack that prorgam to get
marshallers in a form they like.
- dave
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